The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 6

The whistling north wind blows fine snowflakes flying all over the sky, and the chill eats into the bones and muscles. The first light snow finally fell after the winter of the third year of Qiansheng.

A stove was lit in the boudoir, and the red charcoal fire slightly dispelled the chill. Jia Tanchun was wearing a long jacket with a pink base and embroidered embroidered branches of red morning glory, a white pleated skirt on the lower body, an oval face, skin like a freshly peeled spring lychee, thin shoulders and a thin waist, bright eyes and bright teeth.

At this time, Jia Tanchun couldn't help showing surprise after listening to the servant's reply, and fell into deep thought with the pen in his hand.The waiter took out five Wen coins and put them on the desk, and said with a smile: "Miss, look, the third master also rewarded the servant girl with five Wen coins for running errands. If I put it away before, the maidservant would not even dare to think about it."

"Since Huan'er rewarded you, just keep it and what to do with it." Jia Tanchun said lightly.

"Isn't this maid showing you, the sun sometimes rises in the west." The waiter said with a smile and put the five cents in his pocket for peace.

"The ruler is wise, the minister is virtuous, the father is loving, the son is respectful, and the mother is kind, the son is filial. Respect and love are always relative..." Jia Tanchun tilted his head slightly, as if he was listening to the wind and snow outside the window, and seemed to be savoring it carefully. After a long time, he sighed softly and said: "Huan'er has grown up."

As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall, Jia Huan's words spread quickly in Jia's mansion, and finally reached the ears of Mrs. Jia's mother Shi through the mouths of mandarin ducks.

Mother Jia smiled gratifiedly and said, "It's rare that Brother Huan is so sensible at such a young age. He's such a good boy, Brother Feng. I got a new batch of Jiuguilu yesterday. Go and send a bottle to Brother Huan later. Just say that Brother Huan is very good. I'll reward him."

Brother Feng is Wang Xifeng, which is what Jia's mother called her jokingly.It is said that Wang Xifeng was raised by his parents as a child since he was a child, and his name is the best proof. As the so-called Phoenix is ​​Phoenix, Feng is the male and Huang is the female. Little literacy, basically illiterate.

But then again, although this Miss Wang Feng was illiterate, she was a very powerful person. After marrying into the Jia family, she took over the affairs of the back house of the Jia family with the support of her aunt Mrs. Wang.

In the second chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", Leng Zixing's speech at the Rongguo Mansion has such a description: If you ask Mr. She, there is also a second son, whose long name is Jia Lian. He has been in contact with him for twenty years, and he married the niece of Mrs. Wang's wife.This Second Master Lian is a fellow-confessed person who refuses to study, and has a chance to talk about it in the world, so now he only lives in Master Nai Shuzheng's house and helps with some housework.Unexpectedly, after marrying his wife Ling, everyone praised his wife. Master Lian took a step back and said that he was extremely beautiful in appearance, sharp in speech, and extremely scheming, which was beyond compare for a man.

In other words, this Wang Xifeng is not only outstanding in appearance, but also eloquent, and also very scheming. She manages the housework well and manages her husband Jia Lian submissively. She is a very powerful character.

Let's say that Wang Xifeng listened to Jiamu's order, and immediately said with a smile: "The old ancestor is so stingy, he sent his grandson away with a bottle of Jiuguilu."

Jia Mu said happily: "My old woman can only get a bottle of Jiugui dew. Brother Feng is rich and powerful. Why don't you reward Brother Huan with dozens of liang of silver as envoys."

Wang Xifeng's complexion changed drastically, and he covered his small mouth and said regretfully, "Oh, I'm all to blame for being stupid and tongue-tied. I'm really talking about myself and asking for trouble. Old ancestor, you should love your granddaughter-in-law more. Think I didn't say yes, I don't have enough money to tailor clothes."

The maids and women present all laughed, and Mother Jia was even more amused, and said with a smile: "Forget it, since the words are so pitiful, then forget it, but a few silver beans can't escape."

Wang Xifeng thumped Mother Jia's back diligently, and said with a smile: "It's still my ancestors who love me, and finally kept my money."

Mrs. Wang, who had been silent all this time, smiled lightly and said: "I still have an old ginseng plant in my house, girl Feng, you can send it to Brother Huan as well. I have planned to give Brother Huan some strength for a long time. I was afraid that if he was seriously injured and weak, he would not be able to bear it. Now that Brother Huan has recovered, there should be no problem. I ordered the kitchen to cook some ginseng soup for Brother Huan every day."

As soon as this remark came out, all the maids and women present praised Mrs. Wang for her kindness and virtue, she was a model mother, and she treated the concubine generously.Mother Jia also nodded slightly, obviously very satisfied with Mrs. Wang's behavior, which was decent and generous.

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Today is the fifteenth day of the winter moon, a sunny day, the sun is shining brightly, the light snow that fell the day before yesterday has disappeared without a trace, Jia Huan was exercising in the yard early in the morning, and when he was sweating, he suddenly heard a chuckle.

Jia Huan was grabbing a branch of the garden tree to do pull-ups, and when he heard the sound, he saw a very pretty girl standing at the gate of the courtyard covering her mouth and giggling, looking at herself curiously.

This maid is about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing double buns, wearing a lilac-colored embroidered trimmed aqua blue cotton cross-collar long vest, a white cross-collar jacket, a white pleated skirt on the lower body, and a blue embroidered sweat towel around her waist.

Jia Huan recognized that this person was Wang Xifeng's dowry maid, Ping'er, and quickly let go of her hands, and said with a smile, "What wind brought Sister Ping'er here?"

Wang Xifeng is now in charge of the housework, and all the monthly money in the back house is handed out by her, so everyone has to curry favor with her. As Wang Xifeng's dowry maid and right-hand man, Ping'er's status has naturally risen, even more respectable than Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou.

Ping'er smiled and said: "Don't dare to do it. Mr. Huan hung on the tree like a horse monkey early in the morning. The maid thought that there was no fruit to pick from the tree."

Sure enough, like a master, there must be a servant, Ping'er's mouth is also extremely sharp.Jia Huan said with a smile: "Sister Ping'er is really good at joking, I'm here to exercise."

"Third Master Huan is better. He fell down and hurt his body. You don't want to persuade Hong Ling. If the third master jumps up and down, if he gets hurt again, you will be in trouble too." Ping'er shook his head and sighed.

Hong Ling blushed, and was speechless for a while.Jia Huan hurriedly said, "It's none of Hongling's business, she's persuaded me, this branch is not high, so it can fall."

If Ping'er glanced at Jia Huan meaningfully, she would just remind her casually, she would not care about this matter, so she stopped mentioning it, opened the basket she was holding and said, "Here is a bottle of Nine Roses, which was given by the old lady to reward the third master. The old lady also said that Brother Huan, you are very good and sensible."

Jia Huan was slightly stunned and said: "Huan'er thanked the ancestor for the reward, but where did you start?"

Ping'er explained with a chuckle, and Jia Huan couldn't help but suddenly realized that there was such a good thing, and he really answered the sentence that he accidentally inserted willows and willows into shades.

Ping'er took out another box of old wild ginseng and handed it to Hong Ling, saying: "This old wild ginseng is my wife's private possession, and it is specially taken out to nourish San Ye Huan's body, Hong Ling, please put it away carefully, and hand it to the kitchen to make soup every day for San Ye Huan to drink."

Hong Ling was both surprised and happy, and quickly took it happily.Finally, Ping'er took out a handful of silver beans and said with a smile: "Our grandma gave these to Brother Huan to play with, so don't be too few."

"The second sister-in-law of Lian is interested, let me thank her." Jia Huan took the silver beans, and estimated that there were about two taels. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing.

After Ping'er finished delivering the message, he chatted a few more words and left, Hong Ling said with a smile on his face, "Third Master really has a good face this time, and he won the favor of the old lady and his wife, even the Second Mistress Lian showed love to you."

Jia Huan smiled calmly. This was a surprise. If we compare the back residence of Jia’s mansion to a group company, then Jia’s mother is the chairman, Mrs. Wang is the CEO, and Wang Xifeng is the CEO’s assistant. With the approval of these three people, my treatment in Jia’s mansion will definitely improve a lot in the future.

At this time, all the maids and women in Jiahuan's house gathered around to look at Rare, all of them were smiling and proud. The master got the reward, and their faces as slaves were naturally radiant.

Jia Huan divided the bottle of Nine Roses and gave a portion to Aunt Zhao, and filled some for the maids to send to Jia Tanchun, and mixed the rest with water for each of the maids and women in the house to taste something new. Everyone was happy for a while.

Jia Huan also tasted a bowl, and couldn't help laughing, thinking it was something rare, Ganqing was just a bottle of honey, sweet with a faint floral fragrance, other than that, there was nothing special about it.

Let's talk about when Ping'er returned to his residence, Wang Xifeng glanced at her pair of red and phoenix triangles and said, "how is it?"

Ping'er shook his head and said with a smile: "When the maid came in, Mr. Huan was climbing trees in the yard, jumping up and down like a monkey."

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "I said, the monkey Huan Laosan changed his temper after a while. Now it seems that the dog has cured the problem of eating shit. The last time he touched the donkey's whip and was kicked, he almost lost his life. If he falls from the tree again this time, it will be very lively."

Ping'er is a kind person, and said with a smile, "Grandma's mouth is so serious, how could she curse people like that!"

Wang Xifeng said in disbelief: "That's what Huan Laosan loves to do, I need to curse him, but it's unexpected that this monkey can say those words, maybe someone taught him to say it?"

Wang Xifeng is Mrs. Wang's niece. Naturally, she tries her best to protect Mrs. Wang's interests. Mrs. Wang's core interest is her son Jia Baoyu.

Therefore, Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to send things over, and observed Jia Huan by the way, whether it really is not what it used to be.

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